Historie

Johan Norberg

In 1943, German SS officers in charge of Auschwitz-Birkenau ordered that an orchestra should be formed among the female prisoners. Almost fifty women and girls from eleven nations were drafted into a…

Mary Beard

Britain's favourite classicist lifts the lid on the Roman Empire in this major non-fiction release for 2015. Covering 1,000 years of history, and casting fresh light on the basics of Roman culture from…

Alena Mizerová, Lea Novotná, Radka Vyskočilová…

A university without its own publishing house is like a cathedral without an organ: wild-growing and silent. Masaryk University has got its publishing house, which even ranks among the largest in Central…

Ivan Mrázek

Precious stones are masterpieces of nature and their mysterious shimmer has fascinated man since time immemorial. This overview publication briefly conveys the history of precious stones, introduces…

An underwater treasure-chest to be slowly unpacked, full of things I adore: nosy and loving families, epistolary romance, gorgeous worldbuilding, and anxious scholars doing their best to meet the…

Harald Jähner

Eric Hobsbawm

Paperback edition of this bestselling history of the twentieth century. The book is divided into three main sections; The Age of Catastrophe, The Golden Age and The Landslide. Largely based on personal…

Solomon Northup

A slave narrative, new to "Classics".

Ron Chernow

The renowned author of "Titan," whom the "New York Times" has called "as elegant an architect of monumental histories as we've seen in decades," vividly recreates the whole sweep of Alexander Hamilton's…

Hannah Arendt

Naughty Dog

Viktor E. Frankl

Helen Lewis

Timothy Snyder

Rashid I. Khalidi

Douglas Murray

Viktor E. Frankl

Between 1942-1945 Frankl labored in four different Nazi death camps, including Auschwitz, while his parents, brother, and pregnant wife perished. Based on his experience, Frankl argues that man cannot…

Michael Pollan

John Kampfner

The Sunday Times BestsellerżA Sunday TimesHistory Book of the Year 2023A Spectator Book of the Year 2023The Irish Times No.1 Bestseller

Philippe Sands